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Which name combo for twin girls?

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LadyGardens · 18/06/2019 22:54

We want strong, feisty names for our twin girls. Which combo do you prefer?

Frieda and Nina
Aphra and Greta
Tess and Olive
Dorothea and Emmeline

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Jossina · 18/06/2019 23:03

Dorothea and Emmeline followed by Tess and Olive.

SleepingStandingUp · 18/06/2019 23:05

Dorothea and Emmeline

MyInnerAlto · 18/06/2019 23:08

Oh, I really like them all, apart from Tess and Olive (just sound a bit flat and ordinary compared to all the others). I think Frieda and Nina edge it for me.

LittleDoritt · 18/06/2019 23:10

I like Dorothea and Tess Grin

Of your pairs though, Frieda and Nina.

barnet · 18/06/2019 23:11

Frieda and Nina

Blinkingblimey · 18/06/2019 23:12

Nina & Tess 😁

username1724 · 18/06/2019 23:13

I like Aphra and Emmeline

MightyAtlantic · 18/06/2019 23:13

Not keen on any of those combinations, sorry. Tess, Nina and Greta are the best names.
I don't think strong and feisty when I hear Dorothea and Emmeline.

AverageMummy · 18/06/2019 23:20

I think strong & feisty is absolutely what you’ve nailed here - although I’d probably mix up the combos so they’re more contrasting. I think my favourite combo would be:

Olive & Emmeline

All awesome though !

Sophronia · 18/06/2019 23:27

Frida (prefer this spelling to Frieda) and Greta would be great.

angeltop · 18/06/2019 23:28

Dea4 Lord, none

monsieurmarius · 18/06/2019 23:38

Frieda and Nina

springydaff · 18/06/2019 23:42

But they might not be strong and feisty people?

Don't you want to meet them first to see what would suit?

RedPink · 18/06/2019 23:43

Why are you trying to chose a combo? Why don't you just chose the two names you like the best. You are having kids not choosing a new brand name 😅.

I would chose the two individual
Names You like the best then make sure they don't sound bad together or sound too similar and go from there.

Congrats 💐💐

ZiggyB · 18/06/2019 23:44

What redpink said

Astronica · 18/06/2019 23:51

I like Tess, Greta and Dorothea. Not so keen on the other names so hard for me to choose one of your pairs. Tess and Greta?

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LadyGardens · 18/06/2019 23:52

@speingydaff - I love the idea that I will get a good idea of their personalities in the days after they are born. These are my third and fourth kids, I’m under no illusion that I will know what they are going to be like from those hazy newborn days.

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manicinsomniac · 19/06/2019 00:37

Aphra is my favourite by miles. I love it.

I think I'd choose Nina to pair it with. I'm not that keen on any of the others in comparison to Aphra though.

I would assume you had Austrian or German roots if you went with Frieda and Greta together. Or even with Frieda alone.

Moongirl10 · 19/06/2019 00:38

Nina and Emmeline.

AverageMummy · 19/06/2019 00:53

@springydaff personalities start really showing from about 1. I think you legally have to register in the first 6 weeks so it’s probably not a good idea to wait for a sense of their feistiness or otherwise before naming ?!!

AverageMummy · 19/06/2019 00:53

@LadyGardens my first child SLEPT & SLEPT & SLEPT for a few weeks. Then BANG did he wake up Grin

springydaff · 19/06/2019 01:09

I just got an instinct, a gut feel for them when they were born. We had a few names ready but it seemed obvious which ones suited the person before me - and which ones absolutely didn't!

That's how it was for me, anyway.

irisheyesaresmiling7 · 19/06/2019 02:00

Frieda and Nina are my favourites.

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LadyGardens · 19/06/2019 07:09

Thanks all. If it helps my first two children are Theo and Ezra. Do you think the girls names need to be short because of this?

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AverageMummy · 19/06/2019 07:41

@LadyGardens no I don’t think so at all but I’m one who thinks siblings don’t need to ‘match’